14 09 02

People scurried about did their chores yesterday, so that was good.

Zak and his friends came out to swim.

Angela and Ryan are at the houseboat.

Beverly, re: guessing what was in Barry's latest juice creation, "I just love this game!"

Blake came out to order his computer for school.

14 08 31

Ocean Springs Art Walk. Way back long time ago, Barry and I stopped by an art museum in Ocean Springs. It looked like they had a little art district, and I've been wanting to go back for a long time. We went this Sunday. It isn't like the art street in New Orleans by any stretch, but it was a pleasant morning. They have a several cute little restaurants, so we have new places to go and try. I did get a couple of ideas for the pottery barn, too. 

Zak brought his friends to swim.

We went to Fresh Market, so Barry could get things for juicing. I picked up a couple of things, but mostly I just enjoyed being in the store, and listening to the music, and taking in the sights and sounds. It was relaxing.

We went to Rouse's and got our weekly shopping done. I think he would have preferred to do something else, so I appreciated that he agreed to do this. I offered to go by myself, but he shook his head.

We also stopped by the post office, which will make today easier, and is something he is doing more of. Previously, any time I would ask for a "stop by" that would save me time, he had some reason why that wouldn't work.

14-08-11

SomeTime in the Summertime was a lot of fun. I am more and more in favor of my idea. It was really more fun than Thanksgiving. For starters, I wasn't worn out from cooking and coordinating.

JA went and got the ice and iced the drinks for me.

Barry made meatballs for meatball sandwiches, and cooked corn on the cob. Everybody loved the meatballs. He helped me things cleaned up and ready, and it was fun for it to feel like a together thing.

He also fixed the volleyball net. We didn't end up playing volleyball though. The kids headed straight for the pool, and the big kids mostly stayed in the air conditioning.

Willo wanting Beverly to help her change clothes.

Shawn and Zak, hanging out.

Brittany had fun in Florida.

Beverly offering to help Barry with the difficult part of juicing.

14 07 15

Zak reading his card.

Beth invited us to join them at Blue Gill for a birthday celebration for Zak. It was their family plus two of Zak's friends, and Shawn, Barry and I. We were on the deck, and the weather was nice, and Beth went to look for alligators. And the music was good, and Barry bought a CD from the guy who was playing that night. And Beth ordered a dessert for Zak, and then gave him his card. (He did not want any singing). But Beth had written in the card, and he read it carefully, and then his friends read it. 

July 14, 2014

Angela hugged me likes she misses me.

Angela, "It's good that Willo is talking to us all."

Willo looking for Tori when she got here. Telling Tori something about her being a big kid and a little kid. A big kid at the table and a little kid when she's outside, I think.

The little kids gathering up first at their table in the reading room.

Evan, Zak and Shawn, hanging out.

Laughing and listening to the kids.

Annette, that one of her favorite memories is sitting by Kim at Mardi Gras.

I asked Annette if she needed me for anything when she called me while I was in Chicago. She said, "No." Called just to talk. :-)

And so we did.... have almost everyone here. Beverly and JA, Kennedy and John, did not make it. We pulled out the stretch table and the older grandbabies sat there. I did that because we were also having a lot of grandbaby boyfirends, and I knew they wouldn't all fit at the square table. I set the little table up in the reading room, but with only four chairs. I wasn't even sure we'd need them. The little kids tried to pile in there, but we told them they could sit at the square table. It took them a minute, but they did move in there.

The macaroni and cheese was a lot better last night. I don't think I'll do that boston butt again. It just wasn't that good. The boys gave me a kind of a blank look when I suggested it might be a substitute for the roast.

14-06-04

Zak posting in Kennedy's birthday group.

Flowers in the garden.

Had a good time at the Bonsai club meeting.

Had a good time walking around Rouse's, looking at new things to cook.

14 03 10

So, we had Second Sunday Supper last night. It wasn't a full house, but it was a house full, and there seemed to be lots of love and laughter.

After supper, Papa got up and went and sat at the square dining room table and visited with the grandbabies sitting there (the younger bunch had already fled their table). Morgan talked about that this morning --- how much fun it was, and that he told them about making his own clay, and mud riding in the power lines, and got out his album and showed them pictures.

Angela called to see if we needed any ice --- she and Ryan were on their way.

She seems so happy. I told her that, as she was giving me a hug good bye. She said, "I am."

She and Ken had a lot of fun this weekend. Kennedy brings a special game for she and Angela to play together, and Ange said she thinks that's very sweet.

Skyler, to Annette, as she was getting a brownie, "I thought you said there were going to be cookies."

Zak brought Shawn.

Rodney came with a truck load of snacks. After supper, we put the boxes out on the dining room table.

Gave the albums last night. Annette said it is her favorite present of the year. Angela and Morgan took their albums to the sofa, and Brittany, Zak and Shawn joined them ---- looking at the pictures, reminiscing, laughing together.

Annette giving me the picture sign ... Brit and Shawn and their casts.

Barry and I played in the bonsai garden on Saturday. I did my first very own repotting, and my first very own wiring. Sunday, I rearranged the plants on three of the shelves. This morning Barry said that he really liked it.

Angela and Morgan, wedding planning.

Annette saying that she wants to help.

Beverly called. "Yay!" she said, about coming home.

14-2-7

Kennedy and John were here Friday, and came by to see us and visit for a little while. We tried to figure out where to go have supper ---- Kennedy started out telling John that she thought maybe they could learn something from us, as they have that discussion all of the time, but the conversation took so long that she changed her mind ---- "Y'all are worse that we are!" 

Beth stopped by with some yummy king cake that she brought home from New Orleans.

Zak put a picture on twitter of him and Morgan at the hunting camp, with a note that they looked almost just alike --- and they did. She showed it to me, and the said that every time she puts something on Twitter, he has something funny to say about it. 

14 01 27

Ryan and Angela cleaning up. Angela hugged me bye, mid afternoon. Homework. I understood. And then she cleaned up around the project she'd been working on, and Ryan brought the craft table in, and they both worked at neatening things up. I thought that was sweet. 

Annette visit. Annette, hug. "I feel like it has been forever since I've seen everybody." And so she sat, and we visited, and she told me about her run, and feeling a good tired, and what she wants to do next. And Skyler's competition. 

Noah helped me make the bed.  Beverly.  Pillows. Noah and I played Crazy Eights, and then I told him I needed to clean up for the cousins, and he said, "I will help you." And so he helped me make the bed, and we talked about when he used to help Aunt B with the pillows.

Faith, connection. Faith and I, chatting and visiting throughout the day.

Zak Shawn Tyler.... recycling. So, we were down to three. Three boys and two big boxes of recycling. I asked if they would take it for me. Tyler asked if there was something for him to take, so he took the original recycling bin. They did it without hesitating, and when they came back, and Zak saw that some of it had spilled, he gathered it up and took it out the bin, too. 

14 01 28

Angela sitting on our sofa, feet not touching the ground --- by three inches or so.

"Grannie, they're stressing me out!" So Zak got her about noon, and while we waited for everyone else, I told him he could supervise the science experiment. When it came time for that, he did a good job --- toting multiple cups of warm water, and adding ...."Grannie, these kids are stressing me out!" 

14-01-22

Slept good last night. New routine is starting to come together. I'm happy with my idea about opening up the wall between the laundry room and the sitting room, and with the way the work is coming. Went to the pottery barn last night.

Got texts from Kennedy and Amber and Evan and Zak.

Morgan and I had a nice Tuesday morning meeting.